salvage
gb/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ/ us/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ/
B2
Engleză
~ 9900
kiment, megment, ment, menteni a menthetőt, kiszerel, kibont, mentés, roncsmentés, bontott anyag, roncs
VERB
B2
1
Tipar de utilizare:
to salvage [something] (from [something])
Firefighters managed to salvage several paintings from the burning museum.
A tűzoltóknak sikerült több festményt is kimenteni az égő múzeumból.
Technicians were able to salvage most of the data from the damaged hard drive.
A technikusok a sérült merevlemezről az adatok nagy részét ki tudták menteni.
They worked through the night to salvage equipment from the flooded warehouse.
Divers tried to salvage the cargo from the sunken ship.
We only had a few minutes to salvage our belongings before the building was evacuated.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The family tried to salvage some clothes from the house after the fire.
A család a tűz után megpróbált néhány ruhát kimenteni a házból.
Workers salvaged a few machines from the old factory.
A munkások néhány gépet kimentettek a régi gyárból.
Engineers salvaged important files from the broken computer.
Divers salvaged boxes from the ship at the bottom of the sea.
He ran back into the room to salvage his passport from the smoke.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes use "salvage" for saving people (e.g., *"The lifeguard salvaged the boy"*). In everyday English, we usually say "save" or "rescue" a person and use "salvage" mainly for objects, property, data, or abstract things like a plan or reputation.
Sens
save something from loss or ruin
Colocații
salvage goods
|salvage equipment
|salvage what you can
|salvage the wreckage
|salvage from the ruins
|salvage from the fire
Sinonime
save (More general and common; used for people or things in many situations, not only after damage starts.)
|
rescue (Often used for saving people or animals; can also be used for things but slightly more dramatic than "salvage.")
Antonime
destroy (If you do not salvage something in danger, it may be destroyed instead.)
Teme
emergencies
|objects
|work
|transport
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
To keep something from being destroyed or lost, especially in a fire, accident, or other bad event.
To save something from being destroyed, badly damaged, or lost, especially in an accident, disaster, or failure.
VERB
C1
2
ment
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
to salvage [a situation/event/reputation/relationship]
The team scored a late goal to salvage a draw from the match.
A csapat a végén gólt szerzett, és így döntetlenre mentette a meccset.
She told a joke to try to salvage the awkward conversation.
Viccel próbálta menteni a kínos beszélgetést.
He worked hard to salvage his reputation after the scandal.
We ordered takeout to salvage what was left of the evening after the restaurant closed early.
Negotiators are still trying to salvage the trade agreement.
Exemple pentru cursanți
We tried to salvage the evening by watching a funny movie.
Egy vicces film megnézésével próbáltuk menteni az estét.
He said sorry to salvage their friendship.
Bocsánatot kért, hogy mentse a barátságukat.
The company is trying to salvage its image after the mistake.
They talked for hours to salvage their marriage.
The manager hopes to salvage the project with a new plan.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners often think "salvage" here means to make something fully good again. In fact, it usually means you save only part of it or make it "not completely bad." Also, do not say *"salvage back"*; simply say "salvage the situation," not *"salvage back the situation."*
Sens
make the best of a bad situation
Colocații
salvage the situation
|salvage the evening
|salvage his reputation
|salvage the relationship
|salvage a deal
|salvage a project
Sinonime
save (Very common and broad; can often replace "salvage" but does not always carry the idea that most of the situation is already bad.)
|
redeem (Suggests improving something bad or wrong, often with a moral or emotional tone; slightly more formal or literary.)
Antonime
ruin (To ruin a situation or reputation is to make it completely bad, the opposite of trying to salvage it.)
Teme
emotions
|work
|social
|business
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
To stop a bad situation from being a total failure by saving some part of it or making it a little better.
To prevent a situation, event, or abstract thing such as a relationship or reputation from being a complete failure or disaster, often by saving a small part of it.
VERB
B2
3
Tipar de utilizare:
to salvage [parts/materials] from [something]
Mechanics salvaged several parts from the wrecked car.
A szerelők több alkatrészt is kiszereltek az összetört autóból.
The builders plan to salvage old bricks from the warehouse before it is demolished.
Az építők azt tervezik, hogy a raktár bontása előtt kibontják a régi téglákat.
We were able to salvage some timber from the fallen barn.
The company specializes in salvaging metals from electronic waste.
Volunteers salvaged usable furniture from the damaged school.
Exemple pentru cursanți
They salvaged metal parts from the old machines.
Fém alkatrészeket szereltek ki a régi gépekből.
We want to salvage some wood from the broken fence.
Szeretnénk némi fát kibontani a törött kerítésből.
Workers salvaged glass and doors from the old house.
He salvaged the engine from the car and sold it.
The factory salvages plastic from used bottles.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse this meaning with simply "repairing" something. "Salvage" here usually means you do NOT fix the whole thing; you only take out parts or materials that can still be used.
Sens
take usable parts from damaged items
Colocații
salvage parts
|salvage materials
|salvage scrap metal
|salvage components from
|salvage timber
|salvage usable items
Sinonime
reclaim (Focuses on getting something back or reusing materials; often used in environmental or technical contexts.)
|
scrap ("Scrap" as a verb means to throw away or break up for materials; it may end in reuse, but "salvage" focuses more on saving the good parts.)
Antonime
discard (To throw something away instead of saving any usable parts.)
Teme
work
|technology
|environment
|business
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
To take good parts or materials from something broken or old so you can use or sell them.
To remove and keep useful parts or materials from something damaged, old, or unwanted, especially to reuse or sell them.
SUBSTANTIV
C1
4
mentés
B1
roncsmentés
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
the salvage of [something] (from [something])
The salvage of the sunken ship's cargo took several weeks.
Az elsüllyedt hajó rakományának mentése több hétig tartott.
A complex salvage operation was launched after the plane crashed into the sea.
Miután a repülőgép a tengerbe zuhant, összetett mentési művelet indult.
Insurance covered the cost of the salvage after the storm.
They coordinated the salvage of computers from the flooded office.
The company won the contract for the salvage of the wreck.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The salvage of the ship was very difficult.
A hajó mentése nagyon nehéz volt.
A big salvage operation started after the storm.
A vihar után nagy mentési művelet kezdődött.
They helped with the salvage of the cars from the river.
The army joined the salvage of equipment from the base.
We watched a film about the salvage of a sunken boat.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may use "a salvage" to mean "a thing that was saved." In standard use, this sense refers to the action or process; for the saved things themselves, use the other noun sense (e.g., "the salvage" meaning materials) or say "the items that were salvaged."
Sens
the act of saving property
Colocații
salvage operation
|salvage effort
|salvage work
|salvage mission
|salvage team
|salvage rights
Sinonime
recovery (Emphasizes getting something back; may be broader and used more generally in everyday speech.)
|
rescue (Often used for saving people; can refer to things but is less tied to property than "salvage.")
Antonime
loss (If there is no salvage, property may be considered a total loss.)
Teme
emergencies
|law
|work
|transport
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
The action of saving things from being destroyed or badly damaged, especially in a fire, flood, or accident.
The act or process of saving property, goods, or value from destruction, damage, or loss, especially in an accident, disaster, or shipwreck.
SUBSTANTIV
B2
5
roncs
B1
Tipar de utilizare:
[salvage] of/from [something]
The car was too damaged to repair and was sold for salvage.
Az autó annyira megrongálódott, hogy nem lehetett megjavítani, ezért roncsként adták el.
He runs a business dealing in architectural salvage.
Olyan vállalkozást vezet, amely bontott építőanyagokkal kereskedik.
We bought some old doors from a salvage yard for our renovation.
Insurance will pay the owner and then keep the vehicle as salvage.
The company recycles salvage from demolished buildings.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The garage sold the broken car as salvage.
A szerviz roncsként adta el a törött autót.
We went to a salvage yard to find cheap parts.
Elmentünk egy bontótelepre, hogy olcsó alkatrészeket találjunk.
This shop uses wood from building salvage to make tables.
They buy metal salvage and then recycle it.
The company makes art from old machine salvage.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may confuse the countable and uncountable uses. Often "salvage" in this sense is uncountable ("sold for salvage"); to talk about individual items, say "salvaged parts" or "salvaged materials," not *"a salvage"* or *"many salvages."*
Sens
saved or reusable materials
Colocații
salvage yard
|salvage company
|sell as salvage
|scrap and salvage
|building salvage
|metal salvage
Sinonime
scrap (Very close in meaning; often stresses that the material is waste but still has value, especially metal.)
|
reclaimed materials (More formal and environmental; focuses on reuse of materials, especially in building or design.)
Antonime
waste (Materials that are thrown away with no attempt to save or reuse them.)
Teme
work
|environment
|business
|objects
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
Things or materials that were saved from damage or taken from broken or old things so they can still be used or sold.
Property, materials, or goods that have been saved from destruction or removed from damaged or unwanted things so they can be reused or sold, especially as scrap.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
salvage
IPA
GB/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ/
US/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ/
Silabe și accent
sal - vage (2 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (sal)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: salvage
- Plural: salvage
Verb
- Base: salvage
- 3rd Person Singular: salvages
- Present Participle: salvaging
- Past: salvaged
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
salvages
verb
salvaging
verb
salvaged
verb
Core family
salvageable
adjective
Related words
salvager
noun
Negative and opposite forms
unsalvageable
adjective
Expresii
salvage operation
1/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ ˌɑpɚˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
organized effort to save property
A planned and organized action to save things from being destroyed or badly damaged.
Exemple
- A major salvage operation was launched to recover cargo from the sunken ship.
- The salvage operation after the earthquake lasted for several days.
salvage therapy
1/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ θˈɛɹəpi/
fixed phrase
technical
last-resort medical treatment
In medicine, a treatment used when other usual treatments have not worked.
Exemple
- The patient was given salvage therapy after the cancer returned.
- Salvage therapy is considered when first-line drugs fail to control the infection.
salvage title
1/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ tˈaɪtəl/
fixed phrase
technical
legal label for rebuilt total-loss vehicle
A legal note on a car's papers that shows the car was badly damaged and declared a total loss, and later was repaired and put back on the road.
Exemple
- The car is cheap because it has a salvage title.
- Many insurers refuse full coverage for vehicles with a salvage title.
salvage value
1/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ vˈælju/
fixed phrase
technical
end-of-life value of an asset
In business, the money you expect to get when you sell or scrap a machine or other asset at the end of its useful life.
Exemple
- Accountants included a small salvage value for the old machines in their calculations.
- When you buy equipment, you should estimate its salvage value for depreciation purposes.
salvage yard
1/sˈælvɪd͡ʒ jˈɑɹd/
fixed phrase
place for wrecked vehicles and parts
A business area where damaged or old cars and machines are kept, and people can buy their parts or materials.
Exemple
- We went to a salvage yard to look for a cheap replacement engine.
- The old truck was towed to a salvage yard after the accident.